Brisbane bus driver dies after being set ablaze by passenger

A transport driver has kicked the bucket in Brisbane, Australia, after a traveler tossed a "thing" which set him ablaze, say police.

Six "profoundly damaged" travelers got away from the smoke-filled vehicle with the assistance of a cabbie who constrained open the indirect access of the transport.

Eleven individuals were dealt with by paramedics for smoke inward breath and minor wounds.
Police captured a 48-year-old man and have discounted psychological oppression.

The transport driver was distinguished as Manmeet Alisher, a 29-year-old man surely understood in Brisbane's Indian people group.

Companions portrayed him as a gifted vocalist and artist who was locked in to be hitched.
"I've been stood up to with numerous circumstances, however here, this is an uncommon one where there has all the earmarks of being no obvious thought process," Police Supt Jim Keogh told columnists.

"A transport driver, approaching doing his business, supporting the group, has had his life taken from him in what is a silly and unnecessary act."

Cab driver Aguek Nyok helped travelers escape.

"Every one of the general population were at the back attempting to escape the transport yet they couldn't get out the front due to the flames," he told the Courier-Mail daily paper.

"They couldn't open the secondary passage so I kicked it down and they all came running out."
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said it was "an, extremely dismal day for the gathering and the more extensive group".
Banners will be flown at half-pole over the city on Saturday as indication of regard for the 29-year-old driver.